Enrollment Trends at Rutgers-Newark

The student population at Rutgers University-Newark is 11,315 (7,989 undergraduate and 3,326 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 405 (3.46%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Rutgers-Newark is 70.61% which is increased by 276 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 681 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 91 male students for every 100 female students, down from 99 in 2015.
1,183 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 162.31% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,241 where 11,315 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 13,605 students in 2020 and was lowest at 10,809 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 11,720 to 11,315 students, a net loss of 405 (3.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Rutgers University-Newark since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,720	7,713	3,664	4,049	4,007	2,160	1,847
2016-17	12,321 601	8,170 457	3,798 134	4,372 323	4,151 144	2,244 84	1,907 60
2017-18	12,768 447	8,551 381	3,870 72	4,681 309	4,217 66	2,255 11	1,962 55
2018-19	13,451 683	9,142 591	4,105 235	5,037 356	4,309 92	2,226 -29	2,083 121
2019-20	13,605 154	9,319 177	4,042 -63	5,277 240	4,286 -23	2,194 -32	2,092 9
2020-21	13,231 -374	9,118 -201	4,002 -40	5,116 -161	4,113 -173	2,058 -136	2,055 -37
2021-22	12,168 -1,063	8,334 -784	3,773 -229	4,561 -555	3,834 -279	1,915 -143	1,919 -136
2022-23	11,017 -1,151	7,511 -823	3,441 -332	4,070 -491	3,506 -328	1,755 -160	1,751 -168
2023-24	10,809 -208	7,417 -94	3,472 31	3,945 -125	3,392 -114	1,695 -60	1,697 -54
2024-25	11,315 506	7,989 572	3,757 285	4,232 287	3,326 -66	1,628 -67	1,698 1
Average	12,241	8,326	3,792	4,534	3,914	2,013	1,901

Rutgers University-Newark Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,326 where 7,989 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rutgers University-Newark since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,713	6,212	2,956	3,256	1,501	708	793
2016-17	8,170	6,680	3,102	3,578	1,490	696	794
2017-18	8,551	7,162	3,220	3,942	1,389	650	739
2018-19	9,142	7,726	3,454	4,272	1,416	651	765
2019-20	9,319	7,975	3,456	4,519	1,344	586	758
2020-21	9,118	7,974	3,454	4,520	1,144	548	596
2021-22	8,334	7,138	3,203	3,935	1,196	570	626
2022-23	7,511	6,335	2,902	3,433	1,176	539	637
2023-24	7,417	6,451	3,001	3,450	966	471	495
2024-25	7,989	6,958	3,251	3,707	1,031	506	525
Average	8,326	8,326	3,200	3,861	8,326	593	673

Rutgers University-Newark Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,914 where 3,326 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rutgers University-Newark since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,007	1,805	960	845	2,202	1,200	1,002
2016-17	4,151	1,870	1,002	868	2,281	1,242	1,039
2017-18	4,217	1,848	977	871	2,369	1,278	1,091
2018-19	4,309	1,865	932	933	2,444	1,294	1,150
2019-20	4,286	1,966	985	981	2,320	1,209	1,111
2020-21	4,113	1,804	896	908	2,309	1,162	1,147
2021-22	3,834	1,920	989	931	1,914	926	988
2022-23	3,506	1,723	893	830	1,783	862	921
2023-24	3,392	1,723	898	825	1,669	797	872
2024-25	3,326	1,637	838	799	1,689	790	899
Average	3,914	3,914	937	879	3,914	1,076	1,022

Rutgers University-Newark Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 24.51% and the percentage of black students is 15.58% at Rutgers University-Newark. 18.14% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 28.73% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 28.83% to 24.51%. Asian enrollment declined from 18.27% to 18.14%. Black student enrollment decreased from 16.08% to 15.58%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 20.09% to 28.73%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7997 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8168 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rutgers University-Newark over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	12	2,141	1,885	2,355	56	3,379	243
2016-17	9	2,210	1,971	2,636	42	3,438	250
2017-18	9	2,131	2,122	2,825	28	3,450	270
2018-19	9	2,285	2,209	3,056	29	3,498	307
2019-20	10	2,202	2,170	3,124	27	3,368	347
2020-21	10	2,198	2,180	3,200	24	3,359	320
2021-22	11	2,044	1,976	3,076	18	3,116	284
2022-23	9	1,885	1,821	3,020	12	2,772	265
2023-24	11	1,884	1,741	3,013	10	2,719	244
2024-25	14	2,053	1,763	3,251	10	2,773	250
Average	10	2,103	1,984	2,956	26	3,187	278

Rutgers University-Newark Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,183 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 162.31% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rutgers University-Newark from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	11,720	451	851	10,418
2016-17	12,321	544	848	10,929
2017-18	12,768	574	1,093	11,101
2018-19	13,451	616	1,198	11,637
2019-20	13,605	696	1,171	11,738
2020-21	13,231	11,626	995	610
2021-22	12,168	1,322	4,560	6,286
2022-23	11,017	946	2,569	7,502
2023-24	10,809	1,114	3,277	6,418
2024-25	11,315	1,183	2,905	7,227
Average	12,241	1,907	1,947	8,387

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Enrollment Trends at Rutgers-Newark

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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